BOONE — No criminal charges will be brought after a possible shooting threat triggered a precautionary Code Red lockdown at Watauga High School in the morning of Friday, Sept. 13.
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BLOWING ROCK – Several Blowing Rock residents asked the Blowing Rock Town Council during its Sept. 10 meeting for the lower basketball court in Memorial Park to be transformed into three full-time pickleball courts.
RALEIGH — In an act that has been called deceptive and un-democratic by state Democrats, N.C. House Republicans overrode the governor’s veto of the state budget in a Sept. 11 session that N.C. House Democrats say they were told would be a no-vote session.
BOONE — In August, Appalachian State University welcomed 19,280 students — the largest and most diverse class in university history. Preliminary numbers from the fall 2019 census data and the Office of Admissions as of Sept. 5 also show a continuing trend of strong retention rates for the fa…
DEEP GAP — Drivers going east from Boone to get onto U.S. 221 North from U.S. 421 in Deep Gap will have to change their habits as the traffic ramp and overpass bridge, named after Sgt. Dillon C. Baldridge, opened to traffic around 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
RALEIGH – More than a dozen Watauga-based road projects were part of the 1,700-plus included in the N.C. Department of Transportation’s 2020-2029 State Transportation Improvement Plan, which was approved Sept. 5 by the N.C. Board of Transportation.
Barry Wilson Breeland, 69, of Vilas, N.C., passed away Sunday,…
Linda Carol Derrick, 73, of Boone, N.C., passed away Sunday, S…
Jo Shane, 66, of Todd, N.C., and Waa Waa, Puna, Hawaii was tra…
Clara Norris Pennington, 88, of Norris Road, Boone, N.C., pass…
Donald D. Woodring, 75, of Zionville, N.C., passed away Septem…
Far too often, after another mass shooting of innocent people in our nation, our politicians and media reporters naturally demand action that “something must be done.” Some call for stronger purchasing restrictions and regulations for gun ownership or banning assault rifles, bump stocks and …
Just when we thought colleges could not spout loonier ideas, we have a new one from American University. They hired a professor to teach other professors to grade students based on their “labor” rather than their writing ability. The professor that American University hired to teach that non…
The sudden and bitter departure of John Bolton from the White House was baked in the cake from the day he arrived there.
New highways and bridges represent new directions and opportunities for us to travel. Yet, as we begin traveling the Baldridge Bridge — and many of us will, on a daily basis — let’s take a moment to reflect on the road that led us to this Deep Gap junction.
I remember when the inherent boredom of redistricting was a laugh line.
The Downtown Boone Development Association unveiled a new mural with the downtown Boone logo on Sept. 6. The Watauga High School band played a few pieces for the event. Video by Kayla Lasure.
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